Congress Time and Duration

Congress Secretary and Organizing Committee

The Congress organization is a collaborative effort of the host, Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society (SSACS) under the auspices of the IACS. In the 2012 IACS Business Meeting in Rome, the IACS approved Mr. Hany N. Takla, President of SSACS as the 2016 Congress secretary. The names of the other members of the Organizing Committee will be forthcoming. Any question about the information on this site or regarding any issue concerning the Congress can be emailed to the Congress secretary (htakla@CopticCongress2016.org)

Papers, Panels, and Workshops

The Congress invites all scholars to submit papers dealing with any of the aspects of the study of Christian Egypt in such areas as those covered in the plenary papers as well as any related subjects at the discretion of the Congress organizers.

We encourage senior and established scholars to organize special panels and workshops to be scheduled. Proposals for such special sessions are encouraged to be communicated by email to the Congress secretary as soon as possible: htakla@copticcongress2016.org.

A selection of the papers presented during the Congress will be published after a peer-reviewing process, which will take into consideration not only the scholarly value of the text but also its linguistic precision.

As with past Congresses of Coptic Studies, Peeters Publishers has expressed its willingness to publish the proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress of Coptic Studies in its "Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta" series. For latest Style Sheet for the regular communications authors click here.

Accommodations

The following are the available housing accommodations within close proximity to the Congress venue. All the hotels listed below are within easy walking distance of the CGU campus, and may be reached by public bus transportation:

Book Exhibitors

Book Exhibitors need to contact the Congress Secretary (htakla@CopticCongress2016.org) as soon as possible if they are interested in offering books for sale during the duration of the Congress. Books related to Coptic Studies and related fields are strongly recommended.

Congress Exhibits

The Congress Organizing Committee has arranged for a combined exhibit, "Legacy of Christian Egypt" to be on display during the duration of the Congress in Art Gallery Building, to include the following:

Manuscripts and artefacts from the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) collection, formerly knows as the Green Collection of Oklahoma City

Medieval Egyptian manuscripts, Coptic and Christian Arabic, from the Collection of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society

A tribute to the pioneers of Coptic Studies at CGU, late Prof. James Robinson & the late Dr. Ernest Tune.